Don't know your definition of "recently" but if you pull up historical prices from October 3, 2017, (52 trading days) the trend is anything but flat - IT IS DOWN. And the trend continued today with GE closing at $17.64 - the low of the day.
Over this timeline GE has gone from 24.80 to 17.64 with todays closing price of 17.64 being the lowest point over the past 52 trading sessions. Hard to interpret GE being flat on any metric outlined below.
?Dec? ?14?, ?2017 17.77 17.82 17.64 17.64 17.64 47,901,345
?Dec? ?13?, ?2017 17.92 17.99 17.76 17.76 17.76 41,644,500
?Dec? ?12?, ?2017 17.95 18.04 17.65 17.91 17.91 66,832,400
?Dec? ?11?, ?2017 17.61 17.79 17.53 17.65 17.65 58,171,200
?Dec? ?08?, ?2017 17.72 17.82 17.66 17.71 17.71 54,443,500
?Dec? ?07?, ?2017 17.81 18.06 17.63 17.71 17.71 55,584,700
?Dec? ?06?, ?2017 17.61 17.84 17.60 17.66 17.66 43,913,600
?Dec? ?05?, ?2017 17.78 18.01 17.67 17.76 17.76 65,814,900
?Dec? ?04?, ?2017 18.00 18.06 17.88 17.95 17.95 68,347,900
?Dec? ?01?, ?2017 18.28 18.28 17.86 17.88 17.88 82,027,600
?Nov? ?30?, ?2017 18.56 18.59 18.18 18.29 18.29 68,055,400
?Nov? ?29?, ?2017 18.45 18.54 18.31 18.48 18.48 55,159,500
?Nov? ?28?, ?2017 18.17 18.44 18.06 18.41 18.41 56,115,400
?Nov? ?27?, ?2017 18.34 18.50 18.09 18.12 18.12 78,852,400
?Nov? ?24?, ?2017 18.38 18.38 18.15 18.19 18.19 24,897,700
?Nov? ?22?, ?2017 18.15 18.25 17.84 18.15 18.15 54,846,800
?Nov? ?21?, ?2017 17.95 18.07 17.70 17.83 17.83 77,918,900
?Nov? ?20?, ?2017 17.95 18.13 17.83 17.98 17.98 63,934,100
?Nov? ?17?, ?2017 18.34 18.47 18.21 18.21 18.21 60,457,200
?Nov? ?16?, ?2017 18.48 18.48 18.05 18.25 18.25 89,376,600
?Nov? ?15?, ?2017 17.51 18.38 17.50 18.26 18.26 144,368,000
?Nov? ?14?, ?2017 18.79 18.88 17.46 17.90 17.90 312,556,800
?Nov? ?13?, ?2017 20.26 20.75 18.75 19.02 19.02 261,557,400
?Nov? ?10?, ?2017 19.98 20.68 19.90 20.49 20.49 100,732,900
?Nov? ?09?, ?2017 20.04 20.07 19.85 19.99 19.99 50,850,500
?Nov? ?08?, ?2017 20.21 20.32 20.07 20.12 20.12 39,682,500
?Nov? ?07?, ?2017 20.17 20.25 20.12 20.21 20.21 41,661,200
?Nov? ?06?, ?2017 20.52 20.53 20.08 20.13 20.13 60,679,500
?Nov? ?03?, ?2017 19.92 20.33 19.86 20.14 20.14 67,861,000
?Nov? ?02?, ?2017 20.05 20.08 19.63 19.94 19.94 81,531,700
?Nov? ?01?, ?2017 20.07 20.52 19.96 20.02 20.02 91,714,400
?Oct? ?31?, ?2017 20.26 20.40 20.05 20.16 20.16 98,007,100
?Oct? ?30?, ?2017 20.62 20.72 20.26 20.41 20.41 98,385,500
?Oct? ?27?, ?2017 21.26 21.30 20.64 20.79 20.79 98,534,600
?Oct? ?26?, ?2017 21.57 21.65 21.20 21.32 21.32 86,283,700
?Oct? ?25?, ?2017 21.84 21.89 21.30 21.50 21.50 110,518,200
?Oct? ?24?, ?2017 22.12 22.31 21.75 21.89 21.89 133,615,900
?Oct? ?23?, ?2017 23.44 23.44 22.18 22.32 22.32 187,340,900
?Oct? ?20?, ?2017 22.14 23.84 22.10 23.83 23.83 192,404,400
?Oct? ?19?, ?2017 23.14 23.78 23.05 23.58 23.58 75,574,100
?Oct? ?18?, ?2017 23.20 23.28 23.07 23.12 23.12 34,970,700
?Oct? ?17?, ?2017 23.22 23.25 23.00 23.19 23.19 58,639,100
?Oct? ?16?, ?2017 22.99 23.48 22.93 23.36 23.36 49,757,800
?Oct? ?13?, ?2017 23.15 23.23 22.96 22.98 22.98 40,391,800
?Oct? ?12?, ?2017 23.05 23.09 22.83 23.05 23.05 59,948,700
?Oct? ?11?, ?2017 23.13 23.27 22.90 23.07 23.07 81,172,900
?Oct? ?10?, ?2017 23.70 23.86 23.32 23.36 23.36 80,571,100
?Oct? ?09?, ?2017 24.10 24.15 23.25 23.43 23.43 140,302,800
?Oct? ?06?, ?2017 24.41 24.54 24.13 24.39 24.39 40,729,800
?Oct? ?05?, ?2017 24.39 24.57 24.15 24.54 24.54 34,758,900
?Oct? ?04?, ?2017 24.88 24.89 24.43 24.48 24.48 32,149,400
?Oct? ?03?, ?2017 24.61 24.83 24.33 24.80 24.80 33,907,500
